The silver candle is incense, the green smoke is curling, even in the remote courtyard of the capital, the aroma seems to contain an exotic smell. The woman in red reclined on the couch, playing with a small copper bell in her hand. There seemed to be a bell ringing in the distance, and it was clear that this was a temple, and the green smoke from the temple and the smoke from the incense in the house were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell who belonged to whom.

At this moment, a person suddenly broke in outside, and the man in gray hurriedly entered, and even forgot to knock on the door. The woman in red was startled, then stood up and said angrily: "Bold! ”

"Motokawa is guilty." The gray-clothed man hurriedly admitted the punishment, but then he thought of something, and immediately hurriedly said: "Please forgive Yuanchuan for offending, I am really in a hurry, dare to ask the holy woman, but the holy decree that was taken from Jiang Ruan was on the holy woman?" ”

Now that such a big thing has happened, Qi Man naturally wants to find the holy decree to send to Xuan Li first, but who knows that Lu Dao can't find the holy decree left and right. Naturally, he was anxious in his heart, and Yuan Chuan thought of Danzhen almost immediately. Dan Zhen has never been in contact with outsiders all year round, and he is a lord who has always been obedient, even in this place, he is by no means obedient to others. Before Qi Man came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, Yuan Chuan hurriedly came to Dan Zhen to ask for an understanding.

"Yes." Dan really admitted it without thinking about it.

Yuan Chuan's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly said: "Where is that holy decree now, I ...... now." ”

"I burned it." Without waiting for Yuan Chuan to finish speaking, Dan Zhen interrupted him. Yuan Chuan was stunned, his face under the mask of the min stiffened for a moment, and he paused for a long time before saying, "Holy Maiden, but seriously?" ”

"Yuanchuan, when did you become so verbose?" Dan Zhen looked at him with a frown.

Yuan Chuan thought about it, but in the end he didn't say anything to Dan Zhen. I'm afraid that even if I talk to Dan Zhen about this matter now, Dan Zhen won't realize how serious the matter is. Now that another holy decree has been issued, it is impossible to know what the content of the holy decree in Jiang Ruan's hand was before. Xuanli will definitely want to find out, but if he knows that Lu Dao was burned by Dan Zhen, Xuan Li's ally would not be credible, and now that his plan has been ruined, who knows what Lu Dao will do to Dan Zhen? Now the only way to go to Qi Man first and explain the matter to Qi Man, at least Qi Man and Dan Zhen are both royal relatives of the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, and they are grasshoppers on a rope in front of Xuanli, and there is no reason to help others.

Thinking like this, Yuan Chuan only hesitated for a moment, and then smiled bitterly in Danzhen's questioning eyes: "It's just some small things, just solve it with your subordinates." Holy Maiden and peace of mind, be sure to pay attention to your safety these days. ”

Danzhen snorted softly, and Yuan Chuan turned to leave. It's just that Yuan Chuan hasn't found Qi Man to make it clear, and Xuan Li has already found Qi Man first.

Qi Man looked at the young man in front of him, this young prince of the Great Jin Dynasty has been famous for a long time, and he enjoyed a good reputation among the people when he was still young. It seems that his status is also very high in the eyes of the emperor, but his name is not written in the edict of the emperor of the most powerful emperor, which is enough to surprise everyone in the world.

It's just that it's not Xuan Li, or is it the fledgling Xuan Pei who is still a hairy boy? It's okay to deceive others, but it's not easy to deceive Qi Man. Only she knows what the emperor is thinking in his heart, the surname of the world is good, but the person who sat in this position should have been Prince Hongxi, and the son of Prince Hongxi who has ascended the throne now.

Everyone in the world said that Prince Hongxi's son died in that war as early as that, but Qi Man knew that he did not die. He hates Prince Hongxi, he also hates Xiang Xiaoyuan, and he hates the current emperor even more, and he hates Prince Hongxi's son the most. That slut and Prince Hongxi actually gave birth to a bad seed, and she wanted to die to Xiaoyuan's flesh and blood.

Prince Hongxi is a smart man, and he will definitely protect his son's life. Qi Man was incognito in the Dajin Dynasty, completely changed his appearance, and even did not hesitate to be a concubine who was not favored in the Shangshu Mansion, and saved his life in the decades of jealousy in the back house. Later, she finally found Xiao Shao, so she took action in the affairs of the old Jinying King and his wife, and even took advantage of the conflict between the emperor and the Jinying Palace.

It's a pity that Xiao Shao's identity was not revealed, and he was still alive. However, Qi Man also thought it was good, so that everything that Xiao Shao thought was turned upside down, and the world he was staying in was all a false lie. Not everyone can bear the truth, especially when they lose everything overnight and are infamous as a rebel and thief.

But what he didn't expect was that Xiao Shao subdued Jinyiwei, and Qi Man hated it so much in his heart, but then he slowly figured it out. Instead of startling the snake now, it is better to wait for Xiao Shao to get everything and then lose everything, wouldn't it be even more painful. What she didn't expect was that Xiao Shao would stay with Jiang Ruan. Jiang Ruan is a scheming woman, when she was in Shangshu Mansion, she watched the concubine fighting method in the mansion as an outsider, Jiang Ruan came to this point step by step. If it weren't for her relationship with Xiao Shao, Qi Man would have felt that she still appreciated Jiang Ruan's unscrupulous temperament.

The person the emperor originally wanted to set up was Xiao Shao, but I don't know why Lu Dao became Xuan Pei after the most Lu Dao, Xiao Shao's identity Qi Man didn't plan to tell Xuan Li, but Xuan Li's Xingshi at the moment asked for guilt, but she just smiled and said: "If Your Highness asks me to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, you will find the wrong person." We can only find a holy decree, and the holy decree in the palace is not something we did. ”

"Where is that holy purpose?" Xuanli said coldly. Xuan Pei's holy decree had already made him lose face and become the laughing stock of the entire Dajin Dynasty. Even those who decided to follow him now secretly look at him strangely. More and more people began to choose to defect to Xuanpei, as if Xuanpei became the rightful heir to the throne, and some of them were on a bright road. Now Xuanli just wants to figure out what this is all about.

Qi Man's expression moved slightly, and then he hooked his lips and smiled: "That holy decree is actually not important, shouldn't His Highness ask now that it is the Hong'an County Lord?" His Royal Highness actually understood in his heart that we were fooled in this matter, and the Lord of Hong'an did it on purpose. And she succeeded. ”

Since Xuan Pei still has a holy decree in his hand, Jiang Ruan's behavior of hiding a holy decree and coming out of the palace is almost a big deal. made people take Xuan Pei in the palace lightly, and then gave him a fatal blow when Xuan Li was most complacent, and he lost face. This is Jiang Ruan's thoughts, she has planned and drawn a good plan from the beginning, she is the bait, in order to completely attract Xuanli's gaze.

Xuan Li; The expression on his face changed uncertainly, and he suddenly opened the curtain and strode away. After Xuan left, Qi Man's face gradually sank, and she suddenly put on her coat, turned around and walked out.

Jiang Ruan sat at the table on the couch, reading a book leisurely, the place below her chest was blocked by the table, but she couldn't see the increasingly prominent belly. However, although the loose clothes can cover one or two, the face is also more and more plump. She sits here here every day and reads leisurely, but she is just pretending, and her thoughts are naturally other things.

She had only turned two pages today when the door was slammed open. Jiang Ruan raised his eyes and saw the dumb maid's panicked face, and then Xuanli's gloomy expression.

Xuanli actually came, Jiang Ruan was slightly stunned, and then understood. It seems that something has happened, and Xuan Li is also coming to Xingshi to ask for guilt. These days have been confined in this strange place, and there is no way to know everything outside, at this moment, I saw Xuan Li at a glance, and then looked at his current expression, most of it was done, Jiang Ruan's lips unconsciously hooked, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

This joy fell on Xuan Li's eyes so dazzling, as if he was satirizing his ridiculousness. He walked towards Jiang Ruan step by step, his movements full of pressure, as if a ferocious beast was facing its prey. He walked to Jiang Ruan's table, propped his hands on the table, looked down at Jiang Ruan from top to bottom, and suddenly sneered: "The princess is doing well, she looks a little rounder these days." ”

"The realm of Buddhism is a good place for self-cultivation, and when the heart is wide, everything is naturally good." Jiang Ruan replied with a smile.

A hint of vigilance flashed in Xuanli's eyes: "Do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

"It's not hard to guess." Jiang Ruan also smiled: "But even if you guess, you can't get out, doesn't Your Highness understand this better than me?" ”

Xuan Li looked at her uncertainly, among the women he had seen in his life, only this woman was the most cunning and difficult, this place was Qi Man's base camp, and no one could find it. The fact that Jiang Ruan could guess that it was the temple was already very suspicious, who knew if she would have a chance to inform Xiao Shao's people. Although Qi Man swears, how can Jiang Ruan be such an easy person to deal with?

However, he obviously didn't come here today for this matter, Xuan Li looked at Jiang Ruan, sneered and asked, "That holy decree, you deliberately lured me." ”

Jiang Ruan laughed softly.

This smile instantly hit Xuan Li's most annoyed and angry mind, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Jiang Ruan's neck, his hand was wide and powerful, Jiang Ruan's white and slender neck was in his palm. His palms tightened slowly, and the woman's neck seemed to break in his hands. Xuanli narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on that beautiful and bright face.

It's strange that Jiang Ruan is a strange woman. He has seen countless women in his life, but every time he meets Jiang Ruan, a strange feeling arises in his heart. That feeling can be felt a little bit by Xuanli, and that is possessiveness.

He has read countless beauties, even the saint Danzhen of Southern Xinjiang is also a beauty who has captivated the country and the city, but in Xuanli's eyes, she is just a fool with a better skin. But Jiang Ruan is different, this woman is cunning, scheming, independent, ruthless, and has such a beautiful face, if she stands with him, she is a good match. This woman is qualified to stand side by side with him, Xuan Li's eyes were a little trance-like, and his hands were tightly gripping Jiang Ruan's neck, almost touching her face.

Jiang Ruan was already out of breath when he pinched him, but he slowly closed his eyes, Xuanli was startled, and immediately let go, Jiang Ruan is still useful to keep it now, and he has to use it to make a deal with Xiao Shao, and he must not die now. As soon as he let go of his hand, Jiang Ruan immediately covered his neck and coughed. Xuanli seemed to suddenly think of Jiang Ruan's identity, that's right, she is the princess of Jinying Palace, and she is Xiao Shao's woman. This woman is smart, but she is against herself from beginning to end, she is a scourge!

"I'm afraid Your Highness has misunderstood." Jiang Ruan gasped for a long time, and was finally able to start talking, she was still a little uncomfortable, so she was still retching, and only arrived at the end: "That holy decree is true." ”

"What?" Xuanli frowned.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, although her face was a little pale because of Xuan Li's hand, she still said clearly: "Your Highness, what I am talking about is the holy decree, the holy decree in my hand is true." When I left the palace with that holy decree, I didn't want to be a bait, I originally planned to take that holy decree with me. Jiang Ruan looked at Xuan Li's somewhat stunned expression, and continued: "But does Your Highness know why I want to take that holy decree away?" Because the holy decree is an edict of succession, but the name on it is not the Thirteenth Highness, Xuan Pei. Therefore I will take that decree with me. ”

"Why are there two decrees?" Xuanli said coldly: "You are lying to me." ”

"I don't have to lie to you, because Your Majesty didn't make a choice before that, and a shrewd person like Your Majesty made two holy decrees, intending to put them in the hands of a loyal cronie, and the situation between the DPRK and China can change overnight. Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty is your father, and your father and son have a very deep relationship. ”

Xuan was suspicious, he knew that Jiang Ruan always liked to deceive people every time, but the emperor was indeed such a character, the emperor was suspicious by nature, and he was good at leaving room for doing things. He did the practice of leaving two decrees. However, according to Jiang Ruan, the name of the other decree .......

He looked at Jiang Ruan, and his tone was compelling: "Whose name is it written in another edict of succession?" ”

Jiang Ruan stared into his eyes and smiled: "It's you, Your Highness." ”

Her words were fluttering, but they smashed heavily on Xuan Xuan like heavy iron. How could it be him? How could it be him? If it was him, wouldn't he have kept his share of the holy decree these days, and gave Xuan Pei the opportunity to seize the opportunity? This is all deliberate by Jiang Ruan!

"I didn't mean to." Jiang Ruan seemed to see his thoughts, and continued to speak: "Taifu Liu and His Royal Highness the Thirteenth already have a teacher-student friendship, and for such a scholar, they can only be influenced by emotion. Liu Taifu is a person of His Royal Highness the Thirteenth, so he will naturally help His Highness the Thirteenth, I originally wanted to bring another holy decree back to the house to be destroyed, as you think, as soon as these two holy decrees come out, the world will inevitably be in chaos, only burn one and leave one, burn the Emperor Road, and leave the Royal Road. But I didn't expect that someone would take me captive from the middle of the road. After I came here, I slowly figured it out, and I guessed that you were the person behind it. Since I can achieve my goal by mistake, why not do it, so I didn't say anything. Now looking at your appearance, Your Highness, I probably understand, it seems that the edict has been issued, isn't it? ”

Xuan Li looked at the woman in front of her and said all this with a smile, she didn't mind her identity at the moment, and even told Xuan Li about her plan like a friend. But when I heard it, it was like blocking a ball of cotton. He gritted his teeth, and secretly said that Qi Man only said that the holy decree was true, so he didn't think much about it, who knew that this kind of thing would happen in Lu Dao. But Jiang Ruan's good calculation turned out to be his own sin? What is this!

His expression suddenly darkened, and his appearance was as warm as jade on weekdays, and he even looked a little ugly because of his distortion. He said viciously: "So what, the holy decree is still in our hands, as long as we take it out, Xuan Pei is not a legitimate prince." The world is mine, and it has always been mine! ”

"I'm afraid Your Highness is going to be disappointed." Jiang Ruan looked at him with pity, but the pity seemed to contain some mockery: "There is no such holy decree anymore." ”

Xuan Xuan jumped in the middle, pinched her chin, and said word by word: "What did you say?" ”

Jiang Ruan seemed to be a little confused, tilted her head, and there seemed to be a hint of innocence in her charming eyes, she said: "Didn't the princess of Southern Xinjiang tell you that the holy decree has been burned by the Holy Maiden of Southern Xinjiang." She lowered her eyelids: "At the beginning, the saint thought that it was the edict of the Thirteenth Highness, and it was going to be burned after all, probably because she wanted to win your favor, so she took the initiative to do it for you." But....... Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "What she burned is Your Highness's edict of succession." ”

What he burned was your Imperial Highness's edict of succession.

Jiang Ruan's words flickered far and close in his ears, and in an instant, Xuanli's entire mind was repeating this sentence, and he suddenly felt that his chest was suddenly frozen, as if all the blood in his body had coagulated. It is clearly a spring day with spring flowers blooming, but it is as cold as a number of cold days. He knew that Jiang Ruan would not lie about this kind of thing, Jiang Ruan's smile was sincere pleasure, and that holy decree was really gone.......

He let go of Jiang Ruan's hand in despair, turned around and stumbled towards the door, and when Fang stepped out of the door, he suddenly felt a sweet throat, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the bluestone paved road in front of the door. But he seemed to not see half of it at all, and continued to walk forward.

Jiang Ruan sat back in his original position, and a slight cramp began to cramp in his abdomen. The strength in Xuanli's hand was too great, and in the end it still made her feel angry. Fang just endured and made such a scene with Xuanli, the holy decree was naturally not written by Xuanli's name, but the holy decree of passing the throne to Xiao Shao, but only by telling Xuanli that it was his edict of succession, Xuanli would feel that there was a 100,000-point blow to a person with extremely strong self-esteem, and most importantly, tell him that the holy decree was burned by the saint of southern Xinjiang, and Xuanli would definitely not let go of the holy woman of southern Xinjiang. Jiang Ruan can probably see the clues in these days of house arrest, the relationship between Qi Man and Dan Zhen is not very good, Dan Zhen burned the holy decree that day, Qi Man was too late to party, but he will definitely learn the news afterwards, but Qi Man didn't even come to her, but continued to be safe as if he had nothing to do. What is this for, maybe Qi Man also knows that if something really goes wrong, Xuanli will definitely find Dan Zhen trouble.

A princess of the former dynasty and a current saint in the southern Xinjiang country, the relationship is already delicate. Besides, with Dan's true temperament, he may not recognize this princess who caused the destruction of the southern Xinjiang country. Qi Man and Dan Zhen have different temperaments, and they are the best at hiding and forbearing, so maybe even the matter of burning the holy decree was deliberately allowed by Qi Man.

The alliance between the Southern Frontier and Xuanli must be broken, and it would be best if Danzhen could be punished by Xuanli's hand. It's just that....... Jiang Ruan covered his stomach, and big drops of sweat rolled down his forehead. She also has a trace of fear in her heart, in her past life and this life, she is Pei'er's mother, but Pei'er is not her own. It was her first pregnancy and the first time she had a child of her own. When she was in the palace, she had seen countless concubines who were pregnant with children, and the most common ones had miscarriages in various ways. Of course, there are other reasons for the harm caused by people with evil intentions, but it also shows that children are very vulnerable.

Now she has abdominal pain, holding her stomach with one hand, almost fainting on the ground, gritting her teeth, and some hesitation to call someone, if she screams, she can't hide the fact that she has a child in her belly, if she doesn't call, if she has a miscarriage, she will not forgive herself for the rest of her life.

At this moment, I saw the mute maid hurriedly walking in, and as soon as she entered the house, she turned around and closed the door, and she carried a food basket that she usually delivered. Then lift the lid of the basket and bring out a bowl from it.

Then the mute maid ran to Jiang Ruan's side, helped Jiang Ruan up, brought the bowl in her hand to Jiang Ruan, and whispered, "Drink quickly." ”

Jiang Ruan was stunned, and he didn't care about being surprised when the dumb maid would speak, but looking at the medicine in the bowl, his heart sank, and he immediately remembered the picture of watching those concubines in the palace pouring saffron into the woman's mouth in his previous life. She looked at the mute maid vigilantly and said, "What is this?" ”

"Tocolytics." The dumb maid also seemed very anxious: "Hurry up and drink it, I don't know when their people will arrive." ”

Jiang Ruan glanced at the dumb maid, the anxiety on this maid's face didn't seem to be pretending, she hadn't shown anything special these days, and she hadn't been able to speak. Jiang Ruan thought that this was a mute person they had found to serve people. On weekdays, she deliberately hid it from the dumb maid, but now that she thinks about it, it seems that the dumb maid has never done anything to hurt her. Even helped her unintentionally many times.

Jiang Ruan's heart was crossed, she was not a person who believed in others easily, but for the sake of the child in her belly, she also had an intuition, so she poured the bowl of medicine without saying a word.

I don't know how long it took for Jiang Ruan to feel that the pain in his abdomen was slightly relieved. The mute maid had already put away the dishes and chopsticks, laid out the rest of the meal one by one, and helped her up to the chair with her own hands. Jiang Ruan asked, "You were sent by Xiao Shao?" ”

The dumb maid was stunned and shook her head.

Jiang Ruan can now see that the medicine is indeed a fetal pill, and the dumb maid should have already seen that she is pregnant, which is reasonable, no matter how much she hides it, no matter how much people get along with her day and night, they will find out that she is unusual, and those who hide in the courtyard to monitor are just that. It's also a bit difficult to hide seamlessly in the same room. It's just that the dumb maid actually said that she was not a person sent by Xiao Shao, how could someone who was not Xiao Shao help her so much?

"And who are you?" Jiang Ruan asked suspiciously.

The mute maid stood beside Jiang Ruan to add food, turned her back to the window, leaned over and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Xuan Li has harmed my whole family, and I want to take revenge." ”

Jiang Ruan was slightly stunned, no matter what, he didn't expect it to be this reason. She said, "What do you have a grudge against her?" ”

The dumb maid said: "My father did things for Xuanli, when the matter was revealed, Xuanli ordered someone to slaughter 93 people in my family in order to protect himself from finding out that he was related to him. I was out there at the time, and I narrowly escaped. Ninety-three life debts, I will eventually get them back from him. After so many years, he scattered his family wealth just to seek opportunities. ”

Jiang Ruan frowned: "Then why are you here?" ”

"I mingled in the crowd of people in the Xuanli Mansion, pretending to be dumb, and when I heard that the butler was going to recruit someone to serve an important person, he picked me. Dumb people are easy to do, I started with this idea, pretending to be dumb, maybe I can find a chance to get in touch with the secret of Xuanli. The sky has eyes, and finally let me wait for this opportunity. ”

Jiang Ruan knew it, he thought it was Xiao Shao's person, but he didn't want this person to be a person who had an enmity with Xuanli, the so-called revenge and revenge and resentment complained, Xuanli was also self-inflicted, and the retribution was unpleasant, but it was plain for her to pick up a bargain. Thinking of the life experience of the dumb maid, I can't help but feel embarrassed. Xuanli is a kind person on the outside and ruthless on the inside, and it is not the first time that he has done something that is full of people. Thinking of something, Jiang Ruan asked again: "Then why do you want to help me?" ”

"The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and whoever has an enmity with Xuanli, I will help him." The dumb maid said: "Now I am alone, although I try my best to seek opportunities, but I don't know if I can succeed in the end. I know that you are the princess of Jinying Palace, and Jinying Palace's power is quite powerful, and you are also capable. Otherwise, Xuanli would not have been so taboo against you, and even put you under house arrest like this. I know you must have a way to deal with him. ”

Jiang Ruan said thoughtfully: "So, do you want to help me?" ”

"This place is too far away from the capital," the dumb maid said, "Lord Xiao can't find here, and besides, there are people guarding everywhere, and I can't send out the information." But now that you are pregnant, if you are known, you will be able to grasp the greater weakness of Lord Xiao. I want to help you, so I will try my best to find the right time, and once I have the opportunity, I will help you escape. But you must promise me that if you escape, you will definitely avenge my whole family, and I am too weak to do it alone, you must be able to kill Xuanli. ”

Jiang Ruan was silent for a moment, and then said, "Yes, make a deal." ”